AB 2847 (E. Garcia), which would have provided unemployment benefits to excluded immigrant workers in California, passed through the Legislature.
CIPC, with our partners, ensured that immigrants who were excluded from federal relief were prioritized in the Golden State Stimulus.
CIPC cosponsored SB 321 (Durazo), the California Domestic Workers Coalition’s bill to create the first ever health and safety guidelines for domestic workers.
CIPC, PolicyLink, CROP, and the California Workforce Association co-sponsored AB 628 (Garcia) and secured $30 million in the state budget to improve and expand the Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative.
CIPC co-led campaign with United Ways of CA and Children’s Defense Fund to remove exclusion of ITIN filers in the CalEITC
CIPC joined the SEED Coalition along with other community-based organizations to support allocating $10 million in the state budget to fund the Social Entrepreneurship for Economic Development (SEED) Initiative
CIPC, with our partners, supported the passage of AB 5 (Gonzalez) and worked to educate immigrant workers about the bill.
CIPC, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and PolicyLink co-sponsored ACR 50 (Chiu), a resolution to promote equity in workforce development
CIPC co-sponsored AB 2184 (Chiu) to allow for various forms of identification in lieu of a social security number for business licenses.
CIPC supported the passage of AB 450 (Chiu), which requires employers to notify employees when ICE requests access to or review a worker’s immigration paperwork.
CIPC and MALDEF co-sponsored SB 1001 (Mitchell), which prohibits an employer from requiring additional or other documents that are already required under the I-9 process
CIPC supported legislative advocacy to pass SB 1159 (Lara), requiring licensing boards to accept an ITIN for professional license applications.
AB 1236 (Fong) with MALDEF, ensures that city, county and state governments cannot force private business owners to use E-Verify.